How To Install python3-pylibmc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylibmc on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-pylibmc is libmemcached wrapper (Python3 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylibmc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python3-pylibmc

python3-pylibmc is:

Pylibmc is a Python wrapper around the accompanying C Python extension _pylibmc, which is a wrapper around libmemcached from TangentOrg. It also manages pooling in a multi-threading environment.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-pylibmc on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-pylibmc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-pylibmc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pylibmc

Install python3-pylibmc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-pylibmc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-pylibmc

Install python3-pylibmc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-pylibmc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pylibmc

How To Uninstall python3-pylibmc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the python3-pylibmc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-pylibmc

Uninstall python3-pylibmc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-pylibmc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pylibmc

Remove python3-pylibmc Configurations and Data

To remove python3-pylibmc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pylibmc

Remove python3-pylibmc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-pylibmc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pylibmc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylibmc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.